Apparatus for storing material.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

W, J. SBLLBGK. APPARATUS FOR STORING MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV- 7. 1905.

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WlLLIAM J. SELLECK, OF RIVERSIDE, CONNECTICUT.

APPARATUS FOR STORING MATERIAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed Novembei 7, 1905. Serial No. 286,281.

T 0 (0M whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. SELLEoK, a c tizen of the United States,residing at Riverside, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for StoringMaterial and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificaion.

hiy invention relates in general to apparatus for unloading, storing,and reloading coal or other material.

At points where coal is unloaded, particularly from vessels, it isdesirable that facilities should be provided either for storing the coalin pockets preparatory to reshipment or for storing it throughout astorage area from which it may be removed and reloaded upon cars asoccasion may require.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an apparatus forunloading coal or other material from any one of several points orsimultaneously from a plurality of pointsas, for instance, from thehatches of a ve'sseland transferring the coal either to any one of aseries of pockets or to any desired point in a storage area from whichit may be subsequently removed and reshipped.

A further object of my invention is to provide in a plan for storing andhandling coal or other material an apparatus for depositing the coal atany point in a storage area or simultaneously at two different points inthe storage area and apparatus for removing the coal from one point orsimultaneously from two different points in the storage area, the plantbeing so arranged that, if desired, the coal may be deposited at onepoint on the storage area at the same time it is being removed forshipment from another point in the storage space.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an apparatus of thecharacter referred to which will be comparatively simple inconstruction, practicable in operation, and which will enable the coalor other material fie Clpe expeditiously and economically han- Myinvention, generally described, comprises unloading mechanism, such, forinstance, as towers movably supported upon a dock structure, an elevatedstationary strucas a cable e.

ture extending over a storage area and having pockets therein forloading cars, a continuous loop-track supported upon the elevatedstructure and extending adjacent the unloading towers, movable cranesprojecting at right angles to the stationary structure and extendingfrom each side thereof over the storage area, loop-tracks supported uponthe cranes connected by switch points with 6 5 the loop-track on theelevated structure, tracks upon the cranes extending at their ends overthe pockets in the elevated structure, pick-up mechanism traveling uponsaid tracks, and an endless loop-track upon the elevated structureextending beneath hoppers supported at the ends of the pick-up tracks onthe cranes.

My invention will be more fully described hereinafter With reference tothe accompany- 7 5 ing drawings, in which the same is illustrated asembodied in a convenient and practical form, and in which Figure 1 is aplan view; Fig. 2, an enlarged sectionalview on line 2 2, Fig. 1 Fig. 3,an enlarged sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 an enlargedsectional view on line 4 4, Fig. 1.

The same reference characters are used to designate the same parts inthe several figures of the drawings.

Reference character A indicates a structure located adjacent pointswhere coal or other material is to be unloadedas, for instance, along aWharf or dock.

B and B indicate unloading-towers of any ordinary construction by meansof which the coal may be removed through the hatches of vessels at thedock.

C indicates a stationary elevated structure extending at an angle fromthe dock structure A. The structure C extends above a storage area,portions of such area being on each side of the structure.Reloading-pockets, such as indicated at C in Fig. 2, are provided in theelevated structure 0.

F indicates a continuous-loop track supported upon the structure C andextending along the dock structure A beneath the unloading-towersthereon. Any suitable means 1 o 5 may be provided for propelling carsalong the loop-track F-such, for instance, as a cable Located within theloop of the track F upon the elevated structure is a second endlesstrack E, upon which oars may be propelled I10 by any suitablemeans-such, for instance, The track E and the portion of the track Fupon the structure O are located above the pockets C, so that coal maybe dumped from cars supported upon such tracks into the ockets.

D and D indicate traveling cranes or bridges located on the oppositesides of the elevated structure 0 and adapted to be moved over thestorage spaces beneath the same. The crane D is provided with alooptrack F thereon, connected by switch-points with the adjacent railsof the track F. Any suitable means may be provided for propelling thecars along the track upon the crane Dsuch, for instance, as cable f. Thecrane D is provided with arallel tracks H and H supported at eacl i sideof the top thereof, upon which pick-up buckets, such as shown at H, aresupported.

it indicates a trolley for supporting the pick-up bucket, which engagesthe rails of the track H similar pick-up buckets and supporting-trolleysbeing provided for the track H.

The end of the crane D projects at the top thereof over the adjacentportion of the structure C, so that hoppers h and 72, may be supportedbeneath the ends of the pick-up tracks H and H as shown in Figs. 1 and2. The hoppers are located above the adjacent side of the loop-track E,so that coal deposited by the picl ups in the hoppers is directed tocars upon such track or upon track F or into the pocket C.

The crane D is supported at its outer end by means of a truss structurecl, having wheels thereunder engaging a track G. The crane D issupported adjacent the structure C by posts (1 having wheels on thelower ends thereof engaging a rail G The crane D is supported at itsouter end by posts (1, provided with wheels under the same engaging atrack G Other supporting-posts d are provided beneath the crane D andhave wheels under the same resting upon a track G The posts (1 arespaced a distance away from the structure C, so as to permit cars to beloaded with coal from the pockets 0 to pass between the same and thecentral structure 0.

A loop-track F 2 is supported upon the crane D and is connected byswitch-points with the adjacent rails of the track F.

f indicates a cable for propelling the cars along the crane D upon thetrack F The crane D is also provided with parallel tracks K and Ksimilar to the tracks H and H on the crane D, upon which pickup bucketstravel. Hoppers k k depend from the inner end of the top of the crane Dwhich overhangs the structure 0, such ho pers being located beneath theends of t e pick-up tracks K and K and being adapted to direct coal intocars upon the adjacent rails of the loop-track E or of the track F orinto pocket C.

In order that the cars may readily pass from the track F to the track Fupon the crane D, the portions of the rails f of the track adjacent theswitch-points are slightly lower than the plane of the track F, so thatthe cars when disconnected from the cable f will pass over theswitch-points and pick up the cable f, while cars which are about toleave the track F to return to the loo track leaving the track F, whilethe switch-points slightly decline toward the track F, owing to theadjacent portion f 6 of the track F being slightly elevated.

L indicates a track for supporting cars L adjacent the pockets C, whileL" indicates a parallel track upon which empty cars pass to the track Lby means of the switch-points and connecting-track Z M indicates astorage-building for hard coal or other material which it is, desired tokeep separate from the material deposited upon the storage area. A trackN is supported above the pockets in the storagehouse M, which isconnected by suitable switch-points with the loop-track F. Any

suitable means-such, for instance, as cable n-ma be provided forpropelling the cars along the track N.

The manner of using and operation of my improved apparatus are asfollows: The unloading-towers B and B may be moved along theirsupporting-tracks B upon the dock structure A opposite batches invessels and the coal then unloaded and deposited in cars passing alongthe endless loop-track F beneath the towers. The cars are drawn alongthe track F above the pockets 0, so that the coal may be dumped from thecars directly in such pockets when it is desired to reload the coal uponcars. The cars may pass from the track F upon the track F of the crane Dand be dumped at any point along the crane, the latter having beenadjusted to the desired portion of the storage area. After the cars havedumped they continue around the track F to the track F and return to thetowers to receive other loads of coal. Instead of directing the loadedcars to the track F upon the bridge D they may continue upon the trackFuntil the second. bridge D is reached and then directed by theswitch-points to the track F thereon and dumped at any desired point onsuch bridge, after which the empty cars return to the track F to receiveother loads of material from the towers. When it is desired to removethe coal or other material from the storage area, the crane D or D isadjusted to a position above the coal, when the pick-up buckets are putinto operation and remove the coal and carry the same along the trackson the bridges to points above the hoppers. The hoppers receive the coalfrom the pick-up buckets and direct .the same either into the pockets orinto cars, such as K on the inner loop-track E or into cars 0 on trackF, by which it is carried along the structure C to a point above thepocket in which it is desired to deposit the coal. The cars L are drawnalong the tracks L and L, so as to be opposite the pockets from whichthe coal is to be delivered for shipment.

L indicates rails intermediate of the tracks L and L, upon whichsuitable apparatus (not shown) may be supported for trimming the coalwithin the cars.

The stationary structure 0 may be provided with a continuous pocket toreceive the coal preparatory to reloading the same upon cars in lieu ofproviding a series of pockets.

If desired, the separate cables on the cranes may be dispensed with andthe cable f extended around the loop-tracks on the cranes, in whichevent it will of course be unnecessary to provide elevated and loweredportions of the tracks on the cranes adjacent the track F. It will ofcourse be understood that other means for propelling the cars than acable or cables may be provided, if desired.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that in my improvedapparatus coal or other material may be simultaneously deposited atdifferent points of a storage area or may be simultaneously removed fromseparate points of the storage area, or coal may be stored at one partof the area and simultaneously removed for shipment from another portionof the storage area.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above said area, a track supported upon said structure,separately-movable cranes extending over said storage area from theopposite sides of said structure, and a track supported upon said cranesconnected with said stationary track.

2. The combination with a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above said area, a track supported upon said structure,pockets formed in said structure beneath said track, separately-movablecranes extending over said storage area from the opposite sides of saidstructure, and loop-tracks supported upon said cranes connected withsaid stationary track.

3. The combination with. a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above said area, a track supported upon said structure,pockets formed in said structure beneath said track, separately-movablecranes extending over said storage area from the opposite sides of saidstructure, loop-tracks supported upon said cranes connected with saidstationary track, and conveying apparatus carried by said cranes adaptedto remove material from points in said storage area and deposit the samein said pockets, or in cars on said track.

4. The combination with a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above said area, a track supported upon said structure,pockets formed in said structure beneath said track, separately-movablecranes extending over said area from the opposite sides of saidstructure, loop-tracks supported upon said cranes connected with saidtrack, an endless loop-track supported on said structure above saidpockets, and conveying apparatus carried by said cranes adapted toremove material from points in said storage area and deposit the same insaid pockets or in cars supported upon said endless track.

5. The combination with a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above said area, unloading mechanism adjacent said area, asupporting structure upon which said mechanism is movably mounted, astationary loop-track supported upon said structures and extendingadjacent said unloading mechanism, a movable crane extending over saidarea from one side of said elevated structure, and tracks supported uponsaid crane connecting with said loop-track.

6. The combination with a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above said area, unloading mechanism adjacent said area, asupporting structure upon which said mechanism is movably mounted, astationary loop-track supported upon said structures and extendingadjacent said unloading mechanism, two movable cranes extending oversaid area from each side of said elevated structure, and'loop-trackssupported upon said cranes connected with said stationary loop-track.

7. The combination with a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above sa1d area, unloading mechanism ad acent sa1d area, asupporting structure upon which said mechanism is movably mounted, astationary loop-track supported upon said structures and extendingadjacent said unloading mechanism, pockets formed in said elevated structure beneath said track, a movable crane ex tending over said area fromone side of said elevated structure, and tracks supported upon saidcrane connected with said loop-track.

8. The combination with a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above said area, unloading mechanism adjacent said area, asupporting structure upon which said mechanism is movably mounted, astationary loop-track supported upon said structures andextendingadjacent said unloading mech- I anism, pockets formed in saidelevated strucanisrn, pockets formed in said elevated structure beneathsaid track, a movable crane extending over said area from one side ofsaid elevated structure, tracks supported upon said crane connected withsaid loop-track, and conveying apparatus carried by said crane adaptedto remove material from points in said storage area and deposit the samein said pockets.

9. The combination With a storage area, of an elevated structureextending above said area, unloading mechanism adjacent said area, asupporting structure upon Which said mechanism is movably mounted, astationary loop'track supported upon said structures and extendingadjacent said unloading mechture, a movable crane extending over saidarea from one side of said elevated structure, a loop-track supportedupon said crane con nected with said stationary loop-track, an endlessloop-track supported on said elevated structure above said pockets, andconveying apparatus carried by said crane adapted to remove materialfrom points in said storage area and deposit the same in said pockets orin cars upon said endless loop-track.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

lVILLIAM J. SELLEOK. l/Vitnesses:

Gno. L. WILKENSON, HATTIE B. LEHMAN.

